Bacteria are single‑celled prokaryotic organisms found in almost every environment on Earth. Although some species cause disease, most are harmless or beneficial, playing essential roles in nutrient cycling, decomposition, and many ecological processes. My own photographs of bacteria are limited, but this section is included to complete the overall classification framework. How Bacteria Are Classified … Continue reading "Kingdom Bacteria (Eubacteria)"
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Phylum Basidiomycota
Kingdom: Fungi > Phylum: Basidiomycota This large and diverse phylum include mushrooms and toadstools, bracket fungi, puffballs, earthstars and stinkhorns, club and coral fungi, tooth fungi, jelly fungi, rusts and smuts and certain yeasts. Most of the common fungi we see belong either here or under Ascomycota. The classes and orders where I have photos … Continue reading "Phylum Basidiomycota"
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Kingdom: Fungi > Phylum: Ascomycota The ascomycetes are the sac fungi, so named because of the reproductive spores contained in a special sac called ascus during the sexual stage. Many of the ascomycetes live on dead organic matter and many are plant pathogens, some are animal pathogens and a few are edible mushrooms, examples of … Continue reading "Phylum Ascomycota"
Read MoreKingdom Fungi
Fungi are widely distributed throughout our planet and are of great medical and environmental importance. The kingdom of Fungi include yeasts, rusts, smuts, mildews, moulds & mushrooms. Slime moulds, although often referred to as fungi, are in the kingdom Chromista. Classification of fungi below the level of the kingdom is controversial and there doesn’t seem … Continue reading "Kingdom Fungi"
Read MoreKingdom Plantae
Plants are primarily multicellular, predominantly photosynthetic organisms. Historically, many living organisms that were not classified as animals were grouped within the plant kingdom, although fungi and some algae are now placed in separate kingdoms Subdivision of the Kingdom Plants can be classified in a number of ways. Modern systems, including those used by platforms such … Continue reading "Kingdom Plantae"
Read MoreClassification of birds
A comparison of different world lists I wanted to organise my bird photos and thought I would separate them into their families. With this in mind, I went to the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) website for a list of bird families. According to BTO, there are 9,845 living species of birds in 172 families … Continue reading "Classification of birds"
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